fling a craving
v. phr.— «All this talk about hot food flung a craving on me, so I *had* to go out for Thai food at lunch today.» —“Re: Hackers and spicy food” by Mike Van Pelt Usenet: alt.hackers Feb. 7, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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